生命太短暂，不能活在别人的梦想中。

The mind is divided into parts that sometimes conflict. Like a rider on the back of an elephant, the conscious, reasoning part of the mind has only limited control over the automatic, emotional part.

Writing is a way of keeping the past alive.

Art can be a form of activism.

Man barricades against himself.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

恭敬乃是处事圆满的根源，谨慎则是全身的关键。

君子这样来造船车，所以属下都效法他，因此他的人民就会饥寒交迫，不得不做奸邪的事。奸邪的事情一多，刑罚就重，刑罚一重，国家就混乱。国君若真的希望天下太平而不希望天下大乱的话，如果要做船车，就不能不节俭。 

学习新编程语言的唯一方法是用它编写程序。